RECENT NEWS

Care Quality Commission management service provider Quality Compliance Systems (QCS) has appointed Christine Asbury its new director of insight and innovation.

The government will be taken to court over care home visitor guidelines by John’s Campaign, according to media reports.

Barchester Healthcare is to trial at its care homes a drug often used to treat arthritis as a potential way to tackle coronavirus.

The Independent Care Group (ICG) has called on the government to allow a single nominated and tested visitor to see family members in care and nursing homes.

Care leaders have backed the launch of the Championing Social Care initiative dedicated to recognising the work and value of the sector.

The government should introduce a universal care service free at the point of use as part of a radical transformation of the British economy, according to the Women’s Budget Group (WBG).

A key Home Office immigration committee has advised the government to boost social care pay to avoid a post-Brexit jobs shortfall when freedom of movement ends.

The Liberal Democrats have urged the government to open cross-party talks on undertaking reform of the social care sector.

HC-One, the UK’s largest care provider, has established an ‘Infection Control Army’ to protect residents, staff and visitors against Covid-19.

UK technology-enabled home care provider Cera Care has acquired Mears Care Scotland in a multi-million pound deal.

Care homes in England have been urged to apply for up to 11,000 free iPads being made available by the NHS to help residents stay connected to loved ones this winter.

Care home residents and staff will be the first to receive a Covid-19 vaccine when one is approved, according to official documents.

Belgian healthcare REIT Aedifica has agreed to buy an under-construction care home in East Sussex from Hamberley Care Homes for £14.5m.

A University of Stirling academic has been awarded £600,000 from the National Institute for Health Research to improve end-of-life care in UK care homes.

The Covid-19 pandemic has presented an opportunity for systemic digital transformation of the social care sector, according to Barclays Corporate Banking.

Care England has urged the government to introduce long-term social care reform in evidence submitted to the Treasury’s 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review.

Financial services outfit Just Group says support for a cost cap has reached a record high since it started tracking favoured options for funding long-term care six years ago.

NHSX has started work on a project to accelerate the adoption of digital records by social care providers in response to Covid-19.

National Care Forum (NCF) and Age UK have urged the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to re-think a blanket ban on visitors in care homes located in local lockdown areas due to the negative impact on residents.

The social care system in England must be overhauled to function as a genuine and fair market, according to the Social Market Foundation (SMF) thinktank.